Pencil.



R.L.QUEEN. PENCIL.

APPLICATION HLED MAR.24 I916.

' 1,261,958. Patented Apr. 9,1918.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OF GE.

RALPH L. QUEEN, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

PENCIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed March 24, 1916. Serial No. 86,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH L. QUEEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millville, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a pencil of that type known as a magazine pencil, in which lead is carried in, and projected from, an inner tube or barrel disposed within the outer barrel of the pencil, which will embody a sharpening means disposed within the outer barrel of the pencil and operable to sharpen the lead without danger of breakage of the same.

I attain these and other objects by means of the construction and combination of the various parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my pencil.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my pencil showing the relation of the various parts.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sharpening attachment.

Fig. 4 is a modified form of the sharpening attachment.

Referring to the drawings 1 denotes the outer barrel of a pencil in which is mounted a magazine 2 for holding the lead 3, the magazine being constructed similar to the construction shown in Patent No. 703,142 and the lead being adapted to be projected and retracted by turningthe milled head 5 at the top of the pencil. The cap 6 of the outer barrel 1 is formed separately from said barrel for a purpose which will presently appear.

A tubular member 7 is provided with.

threads, as at 8, adapted for threaded engagement with the lower end 9 of the barrel 1, as at 10. As seen in Fig. 2 the tubular member extends an appreciable distance into the outer barrel and has its inner end portion 11 threaded to permit of its passing through the threaded portion 10 of the barrel 1 and slidably engaging the bore of the barrel 1. The member 7 is further provided with threads 12 adapted for threaded engagement with the end or cap 6, as at 12, whereby the said end or cap is retained in position.

Upon further inspection it will be seen that the member 7 isprovided with oppositely disposed depressions 13 and 11 having apertures 15 formed at the top and bottom thereof for the reception of spring arms 16 and 17, the said arms extending downwardly and converging so as to engage the projecting end of the lead upon opposite sides thereof, as shown at 18. The inner faces of the arms 16 and 17 are finished with file surfaces 19 and 20 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

In operation, the tube 7, together-with the cap 6, carried by the said tube 7, is removed from its threaded engagement with the barrel 1, whereupon by grasping the cap 6 the tube 7 is moved to and fro in a reciprocating movement in the end of the barrel 1, this movement being made possible through the medium of the smooth portion 10 formed on the inner surface of the barrel 1. As will be apparent this reciprocating movement will cause the roughened or file like surfaces of the arms 16 and 17 to file the point of the lead, which has of course been previously projected from the magazine 2 so that the end thereof will be engaged by the said arms, thus sharpening the same. It will be also noted, that the member 7 is also capable of rotary motion whereby all sides of the lead may be engaged by the file surfaces of the arm 16 and 17 so that the end of the lead may be evenly sharpened. As will be seen, the threaded portion 11 of the member 7 must be screwed through the threaded portion 10 of the barrel and that therefore when the said member is being reciprocated in the barrel, the portion 11 will contact with the inner end of the threaded portion 10 and prevent the member 7 from moving out of the barrel 1 of the pencil beyond a desired point.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a modified form of the member 7 wherein converging arms 16 and 17 are formed integrally with said member.

While, it will be seen from the description taken in connection with the drawings that I have provided a device clearly operable for the purpose described, I do not claim the exact construction shown, therein, but reserve the right to make certain minor changes and alterations as will not depart from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A pencil including an outer barrel having an internally threaded open end, lead holding and expelling means disposed within Said barreL tube 3: is sharpen Eeai carried by thleaded adjacent its ee. l e I Y means, and; a cap threaded and. intermediate its leegl'h reduced be- Y Headed outer portion of the tubu- 15 tween the threaded peetians, tLe tbre de mete-her and engaging the ends of the inner em portion engaging *fn' eeds of hen tightened.

he barrel when the tubular -30a 51 102137 wheeeof :Nfi IK my signature drawn eutwardly t0 limi; eutw :ISSflZCS 95 "We Witnesses Knox emem of me subulau mele I P i h be QUEEN 

